We are very happy to welcome Ujjivan as the newest member of the WWB network. Ujjivan is a rapidly growing microfinance organization based in the city of Bangalore, in the Indian state of Karnataka, located in the southwest region of the country.

WWB was invited to participate in this year’s Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting as an expert on both innovations and hurdles faced by microfinance providers and as one of the many organizations making Commitments to Action in the area of poverty alleviation.

The article, “Poverty: Cheap Loans at Insanely High Rates? Give Us More.” written by Daniel Gross for Newsweek, discusses subprime lending and quotes WWB's president and CEO, Mary Ellen Iskenderian, on MFI interest rates.

Women's World Banking president, Mary Ellen Iskenderian, joins MicroPlace Blog with the article "Achieving the Double Bottom Line". Join the discussion now.

Women’s World Banking is honored to welcome three new members to the Friends of WWB/USA Board of Directors: Nicole Gresham Perry, Dede Pickering, and Casey Shilts. These extraordinary women have dedicated themselves to supporting WWB in all of its endeavors.